Thanks for your effort rabbitz! 
I thinl I get the idea now. that paint... does it actually end up with a physical "feelable" texture (roughness) or does it just look like that?
Whichever way, it must be easier to hide imperfections with such a "freckled" paint. (The right thing for me )
I'm beginning to think of the stone-look paint, except it's black/black in this case...
Jennice
I thinl I get the idea now. that paint... does it actually end up with a physical "feelable" texture (roughness) or does it just look like that?
Whichever way, it must be easier to hide imperfections with such a "freckled" paint. (The right thing for me
)I'm beginning to think of the stone-look paint, except it's black/black in this case...
Jennice
NOW I get the idea... 
Very interesting paint! Does it come in a spray can, or how?
Any chance of finding some material information, so I would have a clue what to ask for in the local shop?
If it has a physical texture, I expect it could potentially even have a beneficial effect in breaking/diffusing sound waves, apart from looking pretty?
Jennice
Any chance of finding some material information, so I would have a clue what to ask for in the local shop?
If it has a physical texture, I expect it could potentially even have a beneficial effect in breaking/diffusing sound waves, apart from looking pretty?
Jennice
Comes in a pressure pack can. The one that was used was Plasti-Kote but I don't know if it is available in Europe as Oz and the USA have heaps of utes and pickup trucks but I'm sure not so common in Europe.
The best place to try is an automotive shop that sells paint or a body repair shop.
I have no idea if the rough surface does that but think it would be unlikely as rough texture inside a port doesn't make any changes.
The best place to try is an automotive shop that sells paint or a body repair shop.
I have no idea if the rough surface does that but think it would be unlikely as rough texture inside a port doesn't make any changes.
That was a conclusion by some Harman International guys (105th AES).
The small texture I imagine doesn't create the little vortices of enough magnitude to give any benefit like the golf ball dimples which to me only helps airflow and not I imagine wandering diffractions or reflections or whatever you want to call them. Would a "slippery" baffle make a difference? I know the B&W DM303 has dimples on the baffle (cosmetic??) but have no idea if it helps anything unlike the dimples on the port flare where it's working with air flow.
I use a B&W flowport in one of my subs and even though the dimples are only on the flare, seems to have a benefit to allow the use an undersize port without any chuffing.
The small texture I imagine doesn't create the little vortices of enough magnitude to give any benefit like the golf ball dimples which to me only helps airflow and not I imagine wandering diffractions or reflections or whatever you want to call them. Would a "slippery" baffle make a difference? I know the B&W DM303 has dimples on the baffle (cosmetic??) but have no idea if it helps anything unlike the dimples on the port flare where it's working with air flow.
I use a B&W flowport in one of my subs and even though the dimples are only on the flare, seems to have a benefit to allow the use an undersize port without any chuffing.
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